Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

Qitian had an extremely fulfilling summer this year.

After sparring with George on the court, Brian Shaw directly brought the coaching team to George's house to give them further guidance, which benefited a lot.

Thomas also came over for a few days of training, and after learning that Qi Tian's salary in the first year of his career was not to buy any luxury goods or cars, but to buy some so-called virtual currency, he mocked him severely.

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In the end, Thomas couldn't defeat Qi Tian and spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy thousands of Bitcoins, but this did not satisfy Qi Tian. He also wanted Thomas to buy more, so Thomas had no choice but to run away.

Later, every time he looked back on the past, he would always beat his chest for his decisive rejection this summer.

“If I had known better, I would have bought Bitcoin!”

Old Thomas said this.

Qitian's confusion did not stop.

Basketball at the 2012 London Olympics ended very late, but no one from the Pacers was selected for the Olympic roster, so in late September, when the summer was almost over, the team gathered the players who had been resting for almost four months to start training together.

Qi Tian, ​​who came to the home court, actually encouraged everyone on the team to buy Bitcoin.

Simon, who handles business for Qi Tian, ​​feels ashamed. His transaction volume in the past few years is not as high as what Qi Tian has brought over in recent months.

He is sometimes in a trance:

Am I buying and selling Bitcoin, or is this Asian man in front of me?

In this year's draft, the Pacers used their only first-round pick, No. 26, to select power forward Myles Plumlee.

West was already 32 years old at the power forward position, and Hansbrough was unavailable, so Bird decided to prepare early.

For Qi Tian, ​​the only advantage is that he is no longer the most junior member of the team and can also send rookies to buy donuts.

However, not everything in the team was good. Qi Tian was keenly aware that Hibbert was trying to show goodwill to him and Plumlee, and seemed to want to recruit them.

After signing a maximum-salary contract with the team in the summer, Hibbert became the team's highest-paid player after Granger West by earning $600,000 more than Granger.

, the third player with an annual salary of over 10 million.

Of course Hibbert knows that he can't compare to Granger, but that doesn't stop him from becoming the second core under Granger, or having both internal and external cores is acceptable.

His old friend Collison was traded to the Mavericks, and Stephenson and George were wearing the same pants. Hibbert felt that he needed a group of fans around him, so he focused on Qitian and Plumlee.

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Qitian didn't intend to offend him. The team was surrounded by mountains, which was not a good thing from any aspect. Now they only needed to advance towards higher mountains under the leadership of Granger.

The second bad thing, or the biggest bad thing, was announced by a sad-looking Vogel at the beginning of training camp:

Team boss Granger, who was supposed to be able to recover from his injury and return in two months, aggravated his knee injury during hard training in the summer and was temporarily unable to attend training.

If he cannot return before the end of training camp, it will be normal for him to miss the opening game of the new season.

"What?"

The Pacers, who were originally discussing their summer schedule, teasing Qi Tian about promoting Bitcoin, and making plans to have fun together in the evening, were suddenly stunned.

Of course George didn't believe it and tried to refute the coach,

"But didn't Boss Danny say he would do something big again this year and get revenge?"

Vogel sighed and did not answer. What he wanted to say had already been said, and he said directly to the coaching team and players:

"Today's training is mainly about recovering the state. Let's cut the usual training in half first, and rest after finishing it."

Without waiting for the assistant teachers to react, he turned and left.

"Okay, let's start training first."

Brian Shaw came over and exercised his rights as chief assistant coach.

"I know everyone is worried about Danny, but the doctors around him are top-notch, and it's not too late to see him after training."

"Okay, let's get started!"

Looking at the absent-minded people, Brian Xiao had thoughts flashing in his mind.

If Granger fails to make it to the opening game, then it seems that only Qi Tian is left as a substitute in the starting lineup?

In other words, the results of Qi Tian and George's hard training this summer will be displayed in the opening game?

Brian Xiao, who knew the timing was wrong, suppressed a smile and looked at George and Qi Tian who were training.

George's shooting seemed to have improved a bit, but after he became distracted, his shooting aim immediately became erratic.

Qi Tian, ​​on the other hand, has become more accurate in shooting after practicing hard in the summer.

Brian Shaw believes that Qi Tian's current shooting ability can definitely rank among the top shooters.

Compared with George Granger's forward and guard combination, Qitian George's forward and guard are more functional, and the Pacers in the new season may not be weak.

In the preview of the new season, the happiest people in the Eastern Conference are undoubtedly the Knicks fans.

Although the Heat have strengthened Ray Allen and can almost book the first place in the Eastern Conference in the new season, and the Knicks themselves have also lost Jeremy Lin, who performed amazingly last season, they still have the Big Three of Anthony, Stoudemire and Chandler, and there is no reason to be afraid of others.

's team.

Not to mention, they also signed Kidd from the Mavericks, traded for Felton as a backup point guard, and renewed the contracts of two shooting guards, Novak and J.R. Smith. The strength of the lineup cannot be underestimated.

The main competitors in the Eastern Conference, the Bulls lost Rose, the Hawks lost Joe Johnson, the Celtics lost Ray Allen, the 76ers lost Iguodala, and now the Pacers have also traded team boss Danny Granger.

Damn!

The 2012-13 season is obviously the Knicks' best chance to advance toward the top three in the Eastern Conference, or even the top two in the Eastern Conference.

The first round, second round, meeting the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, and even the Finals are not dreams!

"It's time to join the Lakers in the Finals and let them know that New York is the biggest market!"

Some radical fans have begun to imagine that the team will reach the finals and win a championship that has not been won since the 1970s.

The Nuggets, who once again fell to a team led by a superstar in the playoffs, decided to change the status quo this summer and acquired Iguodala from the 76ers in the hope that he can lead the team further.

Nuggets head coach George Karl secretly swore in his heart:

"This time, even if the opponent is super giant, they can't stop us!"

The Spurs have recovered from their defeat in the Western Conference Finals. Although their GDP is one year older, the young people on the team have also grown up.

"Hurry up Green, do you want the bald guy across from you to kick your butt?"

Popovich's curses filled the entire court.

Ginobili curled his lips and filtered out his scolding voice.

Chesapeake Energy Arena.

"James!"

The young man with slender hands and feet habitually passed the basketball in his hand, but when he saw that the person receiving the ball from the outside was no longer the bearded man wearing No. 13 jersey, he was still stunned.

Fortunately, Kevin Martin, wearing No. 12, took a crooked shot and still hit the target.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of the basketball hitting the net reassured him a little.